Track-gage.



No. 883,685. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

L. BARGELOUX. TRACK GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,1907.

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2 SHBETB-SHEET 1.

Inventor,

I! v oug'd l 1 I Attor PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

' L. BARGELOUX. TRACK GAGE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,19C|7.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor,

Attorneys .Emi

.at StgGuillaume Station, county of LOUIS BARGELOUX, OF ST GUILLAU'LIESTATION, QUEBEC, CANADA.

mission-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed November 1, 1907. Serial No. 400,270.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be itknown that 1, Louis BARCELOUX, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing Drummond, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, haveinvented cert'ain new and useful Improvements in Track-Gages and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it alppertains to make and use the same.

I he present invention relates' to track gages, and more particularly tothat class of track gages adapted. for use on railways, and isdesi nedto indicate both a spreading of the rais or variations in the res ectiveelevations of the same, and to mark 516 portions where either of thesevariations from a normal position is indicated.

Broadl speaking, the device comprises a framewor mounted upon wheels adated to travel upon the rails of a track an to be moved laterally oftheir supports, together with means for indicating the extent of suchlateral movement; a plumb carried by the framework and adapted tocooperate with indicating members -on the framework to show thevariations in the elevations of the rails, and a device for droppingcoloring matter on the rail either by hand or automaticall when anyvariations is indicated.

4 In or er to more thoroughly disclose the construction, use and oeration of the device, reference should be ha to the accom anyingdrawings forming art of this app ication,

wherein similar re erence characters 'designate like parts in theseveral views. In the drawings: Figure l-isa rear elevation ofthedevice, showing the several indicating scales; Fig. 2 is a section online 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view,

showing a modified form of mounting the rods for operating thehorizontal scales; Fig.

4 is a lan view, a section on line 4- 1, and an end vlewof the scaleuide; Fig. 5 is a plan and edge elevation of t 'e scale for indicatingthe spreading of the rails; Fig 6 is a cross section,'taken on line 66of ig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fi 6" is a crossSection, taken on line 66 of 1g. 6, looking 'in the direction of thearrow; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail, showing the means for c uplingthe axle supporting rollers tothe frame Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8of Fig.- 1 Fig. 9

55, is a plan andedge view of the clamp for attaclnngthe device to a caror other means for moving it over the track, Fi 10 is an edge and frontview of the part of t e frame 7 en porting the scale 8, the scale beingmere y indicated; Fig. 11 is a fragmentary sectional the view, showingthe means for lockin plumb in inoperative position; and, F1g.'12 is afront view of the same.

A frame 1' is provided, and adapted to be carried by an axle 2 extendingtransversely of the track; A bowed supporting member or sup lementaryframe 3 1s secured to and carrie by .the frame 1. The opposite ends ofthis frame are. bent up to form indicating members 4, which cooperatewith scales to indicate thevariations in the elevations of the rails,,as will later appear.

The bowed supporting member 3 is rovided at its center with a bracket 5,which is pivotally suspended the plumb '6, carrying'the framework 7, atthe ends of which are mounted adjacent theindicatingmembers, the scales8. In order to allow perfectly free movement of the plumb. crosswise ofthe track over which it is used, aml at the same time to preventcontact'between the framework 7 carried ,by it and the supporting member3, from which'it is suspend- -ed, an adjusting screw 9 is threadedthrough one side of the bracket 5, through the head of" the lumb, andseated-1n the o posite side of the racket. Thus it will be c ear that onrotation of this screw in one or the other direction, the plumbwill bemoved either toward or from-the member 6, and that the only pendulummovement of the plumb'will be crosswiseof the track. a

' It will be noted on reference to Figs. 1 and I 2, that the-ball orweightof the plumb in normal position hangs ad'acent the axle 2. Inorder to lock the plum in normal or in o erative osition, a notch 10 isformed in t e ball of the same, and a dog 11 is provided to engage thisnotch; The dog ll-i's carried by the sleeve 12, which may he slid alongthe axle and locked thereto when desired by the thumb screw 13, or thelike. It

' 14 are mounted to have both rotary and whichthe are usedfand to yieldsufficiently the wheelsor rollers and slide easily back and forth on theaxle 2 withthe sanie, being to allow t em to be forced from such normalposition by any irregularit in the spacing of the rails. In order to inicate these variations from the normal gage ,.a plate 17 havingoverturned flanges I8 and ears 19 is provided, and secured to the frame3, as shown in Fig. 4, and adapted to loosely receive beneath suchflanges bars 20. The bars 20 are provided with overlapping portions 21,the rear one of which is provided with a scale 22. Rods 23 areadapted'to pass throu h ears 24 on the bars 20, and to be adjustab ysecured thereto by means of the nuts 25 and threaded portions 26 of therods 23, as clearly shown m Fig. 5. These rods 23 are extended throughthe ears 19, .and' are bent to form arms 27, which pass out adjacent oneface of held in engagement therewith by the springs 16, see Figs. 1', 3.and-8. @Thus it will be clear that if the'device has been set to thenormal gage of the track b ''means of the 'nuts 25, placing the ortions21 in full overlapped position, so t at 22 willn-ot be seen,

, any outward movementof the guide rollers or wheels will carry withthem the rods 23,

thus separating the ortions 21 and indicatonthe scale 22.t e variations.

order to facilitate the use of this device oyer long-stretches of theroad and to obmate the necessity of stopplng eve time an irregularity inthe road is indicate by it,

order to mark suchirregularit for correction,

a markin device is mounte on the framework. T comprises a reoe tacle'28,fixed to the member 3 m an suitab e manner, and provided with a out oplug cook, or the like, of well known form, to which is attached a cord29, by which the same may be operated.

. li uid, to deliver'the sameto the rail tread sit or immediately aheadof or immediately 'behind the. roller or guide wheel. ,Prefer- Thisreceptacle is adapted'to contain a coloring material, either in powderedform or as "a ably, it deliversahead, as, by so doing, the coloringmatter will be pressed into the surface to give a substantial andreliable mark.

Forlf'attachingi the frameijf'to a hand car or the like, a bracket-130is provided. This bracket comprises two plates 32 and 33, the plate 32being provided with an ear. 34 at one tightening screws 3 end adapted totake ainst a beam of the car frame, and an upright lug 35 at its 0prosite end adapted to engage the end of t e ame l as clearly shown inFig. 2. The plate 33 is bent to formears 36 at its opposite ends, throuh which are threaded Thus it will be clear on reference to Figs. 2 and9, that by placing the ear 34 on one side of the beam of the hand car,and ti htening the screws 37, the bracket 30 may e securely attached tothe car and the frame 1, in turn, attached to the bracket.

It is only necessary to mark the locality of the irregularity of therails, and not the particular rail, and therefore the marking device isplaced above one rail only.

Many changes in the details of construc-;

tion, in the arrangements and combinations of the several parts, andmany other applications of the device may be had, without in any waydeparting from the field and scope of the presentinvention, and it ismeant'to include all such within this application, wherein only thepreferred form of the de vice has been illustrated.

Havi thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gage for railway tracks or the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on therails of a track, and means carried by said axle for indicating thevariations in the elevations of the rails, said means comprising a"supporting member, a bracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by thebracket, aframe carried by the plumb scale marks placed on the frame,and mdicating members connected to the supporti' member and adapted tocooperate with t e scale marks to indicate the deviation of the rails. I

2. In a gage for railway tracks or the like, an axle, guide rollerscarried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, and

,means carried by'said axle for indicating the variations in theelevations'of the rails, said means com'prisi a supporting member a-,bracket carried t fiere L by, a plumb carried by the bracket, airamecarried by the plumb,

scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connected to thesupport .mem-

her and ada ted to coo erate with t e scale marksto in 'oate theeviation of the rails, and means for securing said gage to a hand carfir other means for movmg it over, the two s.-

3. In a gage for railway tracks. or the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on therails of a track, and

means carried by said axle for indicating the variations in theelevations of the rails, said Y means comprisi a supporting member, abracket carried t ereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, a frame carriedby the plumb,

scale marks placed on the frame, indicating members connected to thesupporting memberand adapted to cooperate with the scale marks toindicate the eviation of the rails, and means for adjusting said plumb.

4. In a gage for railway tracks or the like, an axle, guide rollerscarried by said axle and adapted to travel on the rails of a track, andmeans carried by said axle for indicating the variations in theelevations of the rails, said means comprising a supporting member, abracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by the bracket, a frame carriedby the plumb, scale marks placed on the frame, indicating membersconnected to the supporting member and adapted tocoo erate with thescale marks to indicate the eviation of the rails, and means for lockingsaid plumb in inopera vtive position.

5. In a gage for railway tracks or-the like,

an axle, guide rollers carried by said axle and adapted to travel on therails of a track, and means carried by said acxle for indicating thevariations in the elevations of the rails, said means comprising asupporting member, a bracket carried thereby, a plumb carried by thebracket, a frame carried by the plumb, scale marks placed on the frame,indicating members connectedto the supportin member and adapted tocooperate with t 'e scale marks to indicate the deviation of the rails,means for adjusting said plumb, and means'for locking said plumb ininoperative osition.

In witness w ereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS BARGELOUX. Witnesses:

H. LAMBERT, R. GODBOUT.

